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    HomeNewsOpinionBudget 2024: Waiting for a rural demand revival, is a stimulus on the cards?

    Budget 2024: Waiting for a rural demand revival, is a stimulus on the cards?

    Consumer companies have been pointing out that rural demand is weak compared to what they see in urban areas. In a pre-election year, it raises expectations if the government will propose additional measures to boost rural incomes

    Ravi Ananthanarayanan
    January 08, 2024 / 12:44 IST
    The government may boost allocations to existing programmes and announce new ones that seek to support rural incomes in some manner but not such that it pushes wages up or stokes inflation
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